WORLD QUALIFYING POINTS TO THE Yu-Gi-Oh!

KONAMI DIGITAL
ENTERTAINMENT INTRODUCES WORLD QUALIFYING POINTS TO THE Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD
GAME

Duelists
Receive World Qualifying Points As An Alternate Method To Earning an Invitation
To The 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship

Konami
Digital Entertainment, B.V. is thrilled to announce a change to earning
invitations to the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) World Championship!
In previous years, Duelists would earn invitations to the World Championship
solely by their performance at their World Championship Qualifier: Continental
Championship (WCQ). For 2017, not only will top-performing Duelists continue to
earn invitations to the World Championship at their WCQ, but Duelists that
compete and do well at events throughout the course of the Dueling season can
now receive “World Qualifying Points” to earn an invitation to the World
Championship.

For
the 2016-2017 Dueling season, players will receive World Qualifying Points if
they earned a WCQ invite from a qualifying event, such as Regional Qualifiers,
Dragon Duels, National Championships in Europe, and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship
Series. Duelists that make the Top Cut at the WCQ will also earn World
Qualifying Points. World Qualifying Points are awarded based on the total
number of invites awarded at that event.
For example, at a Regional Qualifier that awards 32 WCQ invites, the Duelist
who comes in 1st place will earn 32 points, the 2nd place
Duelist will earn 31 points, and so on, down to the 32nd place
Duelist who will earn 1 point. World Qualifying Points will be given
retroactively for any event that qualified Duelists for their 2017 WCQ. (Other
Organised Play programs which are not linked to the World Championships do not
contribute towards a Duelists total number of points, e.g. Local Legend Duelist
Series will not contribute points towards a Duelist total).

For
the 2017 WCQ: European Championship, the Top 2 Duelists at the end of the
playoff rounds will earn invitations to the World Championship. The remaining 4
European Duelists who will earn invitations to the World Championship will be
determined via the World Qualifying Points list. At the conclusion of the
European Championship, the top World Qualifying Points-earner from France, the
top World Qualifying Points-earner from Germany, the top World Qualifying
Points-earner from Italy and the top World Qualifying Points-earner from UK who
did not already finish in the Top 2 of the event, will earn an invitation to
the 2017 World Championship.

Now,
even more Duelists will need to believe in the ‘heart of the cards’ throughout
the Dueling season for a chance to clash against Duelists from around the world
with hopes of being crowned the next Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Champion!

For all of the latest
information regarding Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME products and events, please
visit the following: